Pivotal test for surveillance

The legislation must still go through the Senate, but passing the House was the major hurdle.

• The law was enacted in 2008 to legalize a version of a once-secret warrantless surveillance program created after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

Putting friends and family first

• In an interview with The Times, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s chief executive, discussed the sweeping changes the social media giant is making to prioritize content from people that its two billion users know.

The shift, which will de-emphasize content from publishers and brands, is the most significant overhaul to the News Feed in years. Here’s what you can expect.

• “We want to make sure that our products are not just fun, but are good for people,” Mr. Zuckerberg said. “We need to refocus the system.”

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“This big wave of public content has really made us reflect: What are we really here to do?” Mr. Zuckerberg said of the changes on Facebook. “If what we’re here to do is help people build relationships, then we need to adjust.”Credit Alberto Estevez/European Pressphoto Agency

A former ISIS recruiter wants out

• A 33-year-old woman from France has spent the last five years in Syria, where she eventually became a prominent propagandist and recruiter for the militant group.

• Our correspondent in Paris writes: “The quandary her case poses is an increasingly common one for France and other European countries: What should they do when citizens who are former Islamic State fighters or supporters want to return?”

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An image released by the Kurdish Syrian forces this week showed Emilie König, a 33-year-old suspected of recruiting fighters for the Islamic State, at an undisclosed location in Syria.Credit YPG Press Office, via Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

The Daily

Listen to ‘The Daily’: Vulgarity from President Trump

Mr. Trump’s disparaging words for Haiti and Africa have caused outrage worldwide. They have also raised a question about an American ideal: Who should be let in?

• Morgan Stanley investigated accusations of harassment by one of its executives, the former congressman Harold Ford Jr., and found no proof. Then it fired him anyway.

• What’s $27 billion to Wall Street? Investment banks used to mint money by trading bonds, currencies and other complex securities. But that business is in decline, a trend that is reshaping the industry.

— Suwarno, director of Animals Indonesia, a conservation group, referring to cases involving farmers fed up with elephants that maraud their plantations.

Back Story

“Hello. I’m Johnny Cash.”

With those words, Mr. Cash kicked off a concert at a state prison in California that revitalized his music career and fortified his outlaw persona. Recorded 50 years ago on Saturday, “At Folsom Prison” remains a landmark in American music.

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Johnny Cash performed for inmates at Folsom State Prison in California in 1968.Credit Dan Poush/Associated Press

Entertaining inmates — while taunting their guards — was tame compared with the other exploits of the Man in Black.

In a dispute with his label in the 1980s, Mr. Cash released a parody called “Chicken in Black.” He called the track “intentionally atrocious,” but it was the most successful thing he’d done in years. (There’s also a video.)